Busted Open - Podcast Rankings and reviews

I have to admit that I am fairly new to the Busted open podcast. I have been listening for about 4-5 months. I have been an avid wrestling fan for most of my life (38 years). I have heard quite a few podcast and have a degree in multimedia Journalism, and I have to say the way the Busted open podcast is presented is great. The hosts have a great knowledge and experience when it comes to breaking down matches, and give their honest unbiased feedback on how they feel about each promotion. They ask hard hitting questions, and give great insight to the Wrestling business. I look forward to listening to the podcast everyday. They have inspired me to want to write about wrestling and maybe join the wrestling media field. Thank you so much Busted Open and to all that are involved with the show. Sincerely your biggest fan JD

I listen to the show everyday on my way to and from work. It reminds me of many great memories of hanging out with my friends talking wrestling, but with the expert analysis and insight of legends. Thank you for keeping me up to date on my favorite sport and for reminding me of the many great memories I’ve made over the years.

I’ve become a fan of BOAD with Tommy Dreamer after Raw and I enjoy the analysis of Bully and Mark Henry that each give the viewpoint and inside baseball of a pro wrestler. I learn something that makes me even more of a fan. Dave is not always my cup of tea, especially when he gets on a Cody Crybaby or a Ric Flair rant… ughhh, but in podcast form I can skip through to the good stuff.

This is a fantastic pod most of the time! One criticism is that Denise needs to share the mic. She rambles on and on having a conversation with herself. She will state her opinion, then allow for brief feedback from co-hosts, then outright dismiss those who have more knowledge than her. It’s a terrible one-dimensional dynamic when she’s on. Outside of that, most of them have reliable chemistry that makes the show work.

I love this show. It’s great for laughs, info, time killing, etc. Despite that, one of it’s biggest flaws is whoever is in charge of editing/uploading episodes. I’m thankful it’s free, but not oblivious to laziness or crap work. There’s been episodes where the opening segment has repeated, so you get the same segment twice. There’s awful cuts mid-chat sometimes with sudden ads casted over. The most recent NXT New Yr Evil episode is ridiculously short AND interrupts Tommy in the 2nd segment. It’s more ads than chat. That stuff.. x_x just blah. If I wasn’t a wrestling nerd, that’d put this at 2 stars.

I listened daily to the podcast on the build to Wrestlemania, Rock bought me back in and I’m waiting on him to come back. Unfortunately, since then I haven’t been able to listen because of Dave’s obsession with Cody. Cody doesn’t need to be bought up in EVERY conversation, and when he is it’s become unbearable.